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Retired nurse sentenced to five years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christine Miles, 59, of Windsor Locks, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven...
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Former Colombian councilman sentenced to fourteen years in prison for conspiring to traffic more than a thousand kilograms of cocaine

TAMPA, Fla., - Aureliano Cuero-Cuero aka "Chavo," 38, of Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Cuero-Cuero pleaded guilty on May 23, 2018. According to court records, Cuero-Cuero was an...
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Former Miami-Dade County resident sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering schemes

MIAMI - A former Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced to 97 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $722,000 in restitution for his roles in bank fraud and money laundering schemes. Jose Orlando Sanchez Cristancho, a.k.a. Orlando Sanchez , 57...
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Newport man sentenced for conspiring to distribute heroin

BANGOR, Maine - Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and United States Attorney for the District of Maine Halsey B. Frank announced that Todd Shorey, 54, of Newport, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...
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New York man sentenced to 10 years for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine

BANGOR, Maine – Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminitsration’s New England Division and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank for the District of Maine announced that Denton Worrell, aka “Lil D,” 21, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by...
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Lawrence man sentenced to five years for interstate opioid trafficking conspiracy

BOSTON – A Lawrence, Massachusetts, man was sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday for his role in an opioid trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone across Massachusetts and Florida. Johnny Urena, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to five years...
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New Jersey heroin supplier sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison

BRIDGEPORT, CT – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Monseratte Torres, 30, of New Jersey, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to...
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Norwood man sentenced to 22 years imprisonment for heroin trafficking

BOSTON – A Norwood man was sentenced today in federal court for distributing heroin in the Taunton area. Oristel Soto-Peguero, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to 22 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In April 2018, Soto-Peguero was convicted by a...
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Eleven members of Lakeland Drug Trafficking Organization plead guilty to causing four overdose deaths, overdose resulting in serious bodily injury, and heroin and fentanyl trafficking

TAMPA, Fla. – Eleven members of a drug trafficking organization have pled guilty to charges stemming from conspiracy to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, 400 hundred grams of fentanyl, and 100 grams of a fentanyl analogue. This distribution resulted in four deaths and in serious bodily injury to...
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Lake Worth resident sentenced to 10 years for distributing heroin and fentanyl

WEST PALM BEACH , Fla. - Wilfredo Roy Madrigal, a/k/a “Fredo,” a/k/a “Wolfman,” 34, of Palm Beach County was sentenced yesterday by a federal judge to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin...

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